"Claimed to be Vodafone. Very noisy background. When asked why Vodafone is even calling me - disconnected"
Impersonation calls
2,375 community reports tagged Impersonation call across 2,238 numbers.
Recent activity
Reports tagged Impersonation call are steady: 69 reports in the last 7 days, in line with a usual 74.4 reports a week.
When people report it
Tuesday is the busiest day for these reports, and 57% are filed in the afternoon (12pm to 6pm). Times are when the report was submitted, which is usually soon after the call.
Verdict
98% of reporters rated these calls spam or suspicious. The most common call type is Mobile Network Scam (EE, O2, Three, Vodafone).
Numbers used
Reports tagged Impersonation call cover 2,238 different numbers. 299 of them were first reported in the last 30 days, so a number you have not seen before can still be part of the same pattern.
Reports over time
Reports per day over the last 30 days. Reports per week over the last 12 weeks. Red weeks had at least double the usual volume. Reports per month over the last year.
How people rate these calls
- Spam 1,342 · 57%
- Suspicious 995 · 42%
- Unknown 37 · 2%
- Safe 1 · 0%
Most common call type: Mobile Network Scam (EE, O2, Three, Vodafone)
Busiest days
All reports by the day they were submitted.
Time of day
When reports are submitted, UK time.
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Night 12am to 6am 20
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Morning 6am to 12pm 650
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Afternoon 12pm to 6pm 1,358
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Evening 6pm to 12am 347
Latest reports
"Man called an elderly lady and tried to get info about her outgoing payments and computer."
"Claimed to be from British Gas, in a very thick Indian Accent asked me for my meter serial number to she could put me on a better tarrif. When I asked which country she was calling from she said, UK.. so I asked which town she was calling from.. she then hung up.. oh well"
"Got a call from an Indian Woman who said she was from EE and told me I had a Discount on my bill. She could hardly speak English and kept wanting me to confirm my Email address. I wouldn't give it to her, said I didn't believe she was from EE at all. She kept saying she was. I hung up."
"They pretended to be my phone bill company"
"Spoofing EE"
"Claimed to be from Amazon but didn't sound polishes enough and didn't take no for an answer. had my email as well as my phone number. Spidey sense says this is a scammer."
"called me at 6.30pm wanting to book appt but told me no appts at my store on dates i said. I looked online boots opticians number the office was closed. Tried booking myslef and there were whole days free. Blocked and reporting it as scam"
"Said he was from DWP"
"Said they were calling from a housing disrepair scheme. They said it was because I'm a housing association tenant, but I'm not. Advise blocking."
"Said they were calling from O2, but I don't have an O2 number"
"Said he was calling from Three mobile, with a discount on my bill each month. They asked me to tell them my postcode, but I didn't. They asked me to open the Three mobile app, but I didn't. They asked me to set up a different way to pay to cancel the contract I have now for the discount to start - I didn't do it. When I challenged them about this and the fact they didn't ask security questions, they put the phone down. Scammers for sure. I heard three different accents in just one call. Number now blocked."
"Said they were from EE and told me there was an issue with my SIM card. I didn't stay on the call to listen to any more."
"They wanted your personal info and credit card details so you could 'get a better phone plan'. It's a scam."
"Called me claiming to be from the insurance department."
"Cameron said he was from BT and wanted to speak to one of our directors. Put him on hold then hung up"
"Called saying they were amazon security and that someone was trying to use my account to place an order. I hung up."
"Scammer pretending to be from Canon about printers."
"Got a call from someone saying they were O2 but they couldn't tell me simple info about my account so it was most likely a scam."
"Knew my name and said he was Sam from the British medical department."
"SCAM. DONT ANSWER CALLS FROM THIS NUMBER. ITS A COPIED/SPOOFED NUMBER. 07885429117, IS A REAL MOBILE NUMBER WHICH BELONGS TO AN INNOCENT PERSON. (WHO IS GETTING "'RETURN"' CALLS FROM STRANGERS WHO HAVE A MISSED CALL. BUT SOME DONT UNDERSTAND THAT THE NUMBER WAS COPIED/SPOOFED BY SCAMMERS."
"020 8054 9987 is definitely a scam. They phone you on a No I'd number but if they phone you back it is on this number. They said to be 02 updating your sim from 4g to 5g . They. Charge you Β£1 to send out the SIM card and then I got an email charging me Β£76.16 for 3 years . They denied it!"
"They called and said they were a travel booking company I use. I checked with my usual company, and they said it wasn't them."
"Said they called from 3 and would send a replacement SIM card. It wasn't really 3 as I asked them."